On Jan 19, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) held a seminar soliciting opinions on a draft work report and courts' work in general from representatives of national media outlets as well as experts and academics in the journalism and media sector. Zhang Jun, president of the SPC, attended the seminar.

The Supreme People's Court (SPC) holds a seminar with media representatives on Jan 19, 2024. Zhang Jun, president of the SPC, attends the seminar and interacts with media representatives. [Photo/court.gov.cn]

All the attendees gave positive comments on the draft work report, saying it reflected the people's courts' efforts to crack down on crimes and to serve the overall development of the country in the past year that led to concrete people-centered measures. They remarked that the selected cases in the draft report are typical of people's daily lives and can easily resonate with the public, and that the report is written in vivid and lively language, which makes it professional and understandable.

Representatives of national media outlets as well as experts and academics in the journalism and media sector share their opinions and feedback on the SPC's draft work report. [Photo/court.gov.cn]

They also offered suggestions such as taking information dissemination and legal education into consideration when presenting typical cases, selecting more cases with benchmark significance to showcase the courts' work, and paying more attention to issues of common concern in the international community and showcasing how Chinese courts handle those issues.

Zhang thanked all the media representatives for their valuable suggestions, which he said have guiding significance to the overall writing of the report, its detailed expressions, intended communication effect and the work of people's courts in general. He pledged that the SPC will absorb the suggestions and continue to deepen interactions with the media sector in future work in a bid to jointly improve the legal literacy of society as a whole and soundly implement the rule of law.

Heads of related departments of the SPC and media representatives attend the seminar. [Photo/court.gov.cn]